Explore Quotes by Peter Capaldi

I got into music, I was in a band, I was at art school. I was quite trendy, although I'd hate to meet myself. The over-preening, the pretentiousness, the arrogance of youth! I think, 'Oh, that guy was so full of himself.'

I have a fairly normal domestic life.

I was initially rather charmed by David Cameron, but I think he's revealing himself to be a slightly darker and less charismatic figure than he first appeared. There's a brutality about him.

I spent four months once doing a play on Broadway.

Nowadays, kids... young actors... they go straight to L.A. before they've even done anything.

I'm creative. I can't relax unless I've got some project on the go. I'm somebody from art school, and art school during the punk era, when you just had a go at whatever came along.

For all I know, my grandfather was a bank robber in Kilsyth.

We don't consider the Wizard of Oz or Father Christmas to be too old. They're still magical characters, and the fact they've been around the block only adds to their magic.

It was great being brought up in a Glasgow working-class tenement. It wasn't miserable, and it wasn't poverty stricken. It felt very safe, full of delights.

I know what 'Doctor Who' fans are like because I am a 'Doctor Who' fan myself. They're good people.

You can't, as an actor, conduct yourself by making constant references to other people.

I think it's always exciting when 'Doctor Who' touches its past.

I find the closer you get to people, the harder it is to satirise them.

Comic-Con is so legendary, so a great thrill to be invited along.

What's now shocking is I can't say anything publicly without it having a life. Not because I have extraordinary views but because people are keen on conflict, so they'll make that the story.

Nothing compares to being in a room full of politicians screaming abuse at each other all night. It's hilarious but also a bit terrifying.

You can't blame anyone for being cynical about politicians.

I've lost count of the times I've been asked to 'be' Malcolm Tucker: to go on a political program on television, presumably in order to be the character and give opinions as him.

I could make the title of my memoirs: 'It's got cinematic disaster written all over it.'

The truth is that I got to Hollywood, and I didn't know what to do once I got there.

Of course I've had my moments of wanting to go back to Scotland, and I almost did a couple of times, but other things just came up.